Experience

SIMPSON Healthcare

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Medical Writer

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Leading scientific content development across multiple platforms and therapeutic areas.

• Scientific Writer

  • Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

  Contributing high-caliber scientific and medical writing expertise and knowledge as a member of a first-rate scientific agency.



Capricor Therapeutics, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • Feb 2020 - Jul 2021

  Part of a Beverly Hills-based biotech firm developing exosome-based therapeutics. Part of a Beverly Hills-based biotech firm developing exosome-based therapeutics.



Cedars-Sinai

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Faculty Member

  • Mar 2018 - Feb 2020

  Department of Medicine & Regenerative Medicine Institute - Cedars-Sinai David Geffen School of Medicine - University of California Los Angeles (adjunct) Developed a functional hypothalamus-pituitary co-organoid system; manuscript in preparation. Department of Medicine & Regenerative Medicine Institute - Cedars-Sinai David Geffen School of Medicine - University of California Los Angeles (adjunct) Developed a functional hypothalamus-pituitary co-organoid system; manuscript in preparation.



University of California, Los Angeles

• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Scientist

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2018

  Deciphering the mechansims of autophagy in aging prevention. Deciphering the mechansims of autophagy in aging prevention.



Salk Institute for Biological Studies

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Research Fellow

  • Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

  Prostate cancer translational research initiative. Collaborative effort between Salk and UCSD School of Medicine. Manuscript in preparation.

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Nov 2009 - Jun 2015

  Basic cancer research with translational potential: Elucidating tumor suppression mechanisms in prostate cancer, under the guidance of Dr. Tony Hunter. Research efforts culminated in several publications, including two first-author ones.



Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

• United States
• Restaurants

• Ph.D. Candidate

  • Sep 2005 - Oct 2009

  Under the guidance of Dr. John C. Reed, thesis investigation provided a rare example of a gene-specific mechanism for epigenetic modification and gene silencing. Thesis research culminated in a first-author publication (Puto & Reed, Genes & Development, 2008) and a second-author publication (Croxton et al., Cancer Research, 2006), and was supported by two dissertation fellowships. Under the guidance of Dr. John C. Reed, thesis investigation provided a rare example of a gene-specific mechanism for epigenetic modification and gene silencing. Thesis research culminated in a first-author publication (Puto & Reed, Genes & Development, 2008) and a second-author publication (Croxton et al., Cancer Research, 2006), and was supported by two dissertation fellowships.



The Scripps Research Institute

• Research Associate

  • Sep 2000 - Aug 2003

  Signal transduction research under the guidance of Dr. Gary Bokoch resulted in a first-author publication (Puto et al., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003). Signal transduction research under the guidance of Dr. Gary Bokoch resulted in a first-author publication (Puto et al., Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003).